The Pull List: THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON #12, THE UNWORTHY THOR #1, and MOON KNIGHT #8

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Greetings, Wednesday Warriors! It’s that time of the week again—time to storm the gates and bring home a fresh stack of new comics. Before you head to the shop, arm yourself with a few recommendations, and for you big spenders out there, we also have a complete list of this week’s releases.

THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON #12

The final issue of The Sheriff of Babylon takes us back to the beginning, in a way. The more things change, the more they stay the same, so we end where we begun. To say more would spoil this powerful issue, and we’re not going to do that. Tom King and Mitch Gerads have crafted dark and personal story about war, life, revenge, violence, love, and everything in between. In many ways, this has been the most human comic series to hit the stands in recent memory. The emotions involved are complicated. It might be the most important comic series to be released in the modern era. Gerads and King’s work on this series has been nothing short of masterful and you’d be a damn fool to overlook this series. Challenging, gorgeous, and painful, The Sheriff of Babylon is a comic that deserves ever single ounce of praise heaped upon it. This is a masterpiece, without a doubt.

THE UNWORTHY THOR #1

Jason Aaron has become the Thor writer. His work on the character (or characters, really) has been a high water mark for Marvel Comics. This issue is a showcase for everything great he’s done with Odinson, it’s funny, action-packed, and epic. If you’ve been craving the feeling of Aaron’s earlier days on the Thor title, this book will fill your belly. The Unworthy Thor, as he is known, learns of another hammer, specifically the one left behind by Ultimate Thor after the events of Secret Wars. This series looks to be about his quest to find that hammer and prove himself worthy once again. If that doesn’t sound epic enough for you, then let’s add the fact that Olivier freaking Coipel is drawing this book and Matthew Ninja Warrior Wilson is coloring it. Yeah, this comic book looks amazing. It’s overflowing with energy, the fights leap off the page. We could not be happier with the start of this series. We’re beyond stoked, guys.

Take a moment and read the artists working on Moon Knight currently. Go ahead, we’ll wait. Yeah, that says Francesco Francavilla, Wilfredo Torres, James Stokoe, and Greg Smallwood. If it were possible to overdose on supremely awesome comic book art, we’d be stabbing you in the heart with a shot full of adrenaline right now. People, any one of those artists is reason enough to buy a comic book. Moon Knight currently has all of them. That’s a level of awesomeness previously thought to be unobtainable. It helps that this story is great, too. Jeff Lemire has been killing it on this book. It’s insane, without a doubt, but all the best Moon Knight stories are, right? Marvel is putting out some fantastic comics, but Moon Knight is at the top of the pile, for sure.

That’s it for us. What’s on your pull list this week? Share it with us in the comments below!